W|L 57-25
125 - 120
W|L 40-42
Attendance: 19,006
Playoff W|L 3-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 32 | 27 | 59 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 125 |
| MIN | 29 | 30 | 59 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 120 |
Playoff W|L 0-3
Season Head To Head
W|L 4-0
Nov. 19 1996MIN@HOU93 - 122
Dec. 10 1996HOU@MIN96 - 94
Jan. 07 1997HOU@MIN104 - 95
Mar. 25 1997MIN@HOU103 - 112
Playoff Match Up
W|L 3-0
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mario Elie | 43.3 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 2. | Matt Maloney | 38.8 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| 3. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 38.7 | 9 | 15 | .600 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 4. | Charles Barkley | 34.4 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 11 | .818 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 5. | Clyde Drexler | 31.2 | 6 | 11 | .545 | 1 | 4 | .250 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Kevin Willis | 22.4 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2. | Eddie Johnson | 21.6 | 5 | 9 | .556 | 2 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 3. | Sedale Threatt | 9.2 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 44 | 73 | .603 | 15 | 28 | .536 | 22 | 30 | .733 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 125 | |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dean Garrett | 44.5 | 11 | 17 | .647 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2. | Tom Gugliotta | 40.5 | 10 | 19 | .526 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| 3. | Kevin Garnett | 39.2 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 4. | Stephon Marbury | 37.5 | 6 | 21 | .286 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 5. | Doug West | 29.5 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Bench | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | DRB | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 1. | Sam Mitchell | 19.6 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2. | Terry Porter | 17.5 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | James Robinson | 11.8 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 4. | Chris Carr | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Cherokee Parks | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Shane Heal | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Stojko Vranković | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 240 | 47 | 96 | .490 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 20 | 23 | .870 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 120 | |